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reviewsa widevarietyoftheoriesconcerningthesettlementofCanaan,
drawstogetherarchaeologicaland literaryevidence, butacknowledges
radicallydifferingsynthesesbasedonthesamehistoricaldata.
Westenholz, Joan Goodnick. cd. Royal Cities ofthe Biblical \florid.
JenJsalem:BibleLandsMuseum,1996.Thislavishlyillustratedcataloguefor
the Bible LandsMuseum'sexhibit "Jerusalem-ACapital forAll Times,
Royal Citiesofthe Biblical World," containsa series ofessays on the
archaeologyandhistoryofeightNearEasterncities(Ur,Tanis,Akhenaten,
Jerusalem,Nineveh,Hatlusha,Babylon,andSusa).
MATERIALCULTUREANDNEWTESTMIE:-IT
BiblicalArchaeologySociety.NewTesfamentArchaeologySlideSet.Caption
bookby Dan P. Cok. Washington, D,C.: BiblicalArchaeologySociety,
- Despitethe tendenciestowardpositivismand romanticismin the
accompanyingcaptions,thesetoffersabroadoverviewofsitesassociated
withthedevelopmentandspreadofChristianity.Theslidescoverimages
oflandscapes,architecture,and~lrtifactsfromGreco-RomanPalestineand
sitesassociatedwiththemissionaryjourneysofPaul(asreconstructedfrom
Actsandtheundisputedletters).
Biblical ArchaeologySociety.SupplementalNewTestamenfArchaeology
SlideScI.CaptionbookbyDanP.Cole.Washington,D,C.:BiblicalArchae-
ology Society, 1997. Thisset (l05slides) augmentsits predecessorby
addingmoreslidesillustratingGreco-HomanPalestine,thoughtheslides
thatmightdatetotheperiodofthehistoricalJesusareoutnumberedby
themanyimagesillustratingdevelopmentsinlnteancientChristianity(e.g.,
churcharchitecture,earlyChristianart).
Finegan,Jack. nJeArchaeologyoffbeNewTestament:tbeLifeofJesusand
theBeginningoftheEarlyChurch.Princeton:PrincetonUniversityPress,
1992.Oftenrakingthebiblicaltcxtat facevalue,thisbooksurroundsthe
evenlSreportedintheNewTestamentbookswithstones,coins,andpot-
tery,offeringa contextualizedviewortheNewTestamentstorieswithout
complicalingthehistoricityofthestoriesthemselves.
Freyne, Sean. "Archaeologyandthe HistoricalJesus." Pages 16o-BZin
GalileeandGospel:CollectedEssays.EditedbyS. Freyne.TObingen:Mohr
Siebeck,2000.Thiscircumspectdiscussionofthevalueofarchaeological
data in thereconstruction ofearliest Christian history wouldserve the
introductoryNewTestamentstudentwell.